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TIL: some scientists believe that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has killed over one million people and health effects are still occurring, especially in children

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kyAE TIL: Women who live in areas with polluted air are up to twice as likely to have an autistic child than those with cleaner air
p8XON TIL that the National Art Museum Of Ukraine recreated a "Sleeping Beauty" live exhibit inviting men to awaken beauties with a kiss. Five women were selected to perform "sleeping", having agreed to a very binding clause to marry the men if they opened their eyes while being kissed.
rgy1 TIL King Cobra is called as “King” becuase it can eat other species of snakes, and their poison doesn’t affect it.
1NB4 TIL Kurt Gödel, famous mathematician and contemporary of Einstein, believed there was a loophole in the U.S. Constitution where the U.S. could secretly become a dictatorship.
Oo5Xe TIL Pringles had to use supercomputers to engineer their chips with optimal aerodynamic properties so that they wouldn't fly off the conveyor belts when moving at very high speeds.